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Women's Rugby World Cup attracting huge TV and social media audiences

Ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter finals weekend, the BBC revealed that the live TV audience for the group stages of the tournament reached 7.1 million.

While that is an impressive statistic, in an area of online channels, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Numbers for...

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Study reveals boot designers are failing women rugby and football players

A new study from the University of Exeter show that 89% of female rugby players suffer from pain or discomfort from their boots which are designed for men's feet. This 'footwear inequality' can lead to injuries for women athletes.

Over the last three years, nearly 1,000 detailed 3D foot scans have been collected from amateur and professional players from Premiership Women's Rugby,...

Big guns through to Women's Rugby World Cup quarter finals

Image: Ellie Kildunne of England is tackled by Adiana Talakai (L) and Lydia Kavoa of Australia during the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 Pool A match between England and Australia at Brighton & Hove Albion Stadium on September 06, 2025 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Alex Davidson - World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images)

With the conclusion of the group stages over the weekend,...

Big wins for the favourites in the opening weekend of the Rugby World Cup 2025

The first weekend of the Women’s Rugby World Cup delivered a boatload of tries and a very healthy set of attendance figures. It did, however, lack any real jeopardy, with the gap between the best and the rest clear for all to see.

The aggregate score for the eight opening matches was 431-50, with the average winning margin a hefty 48 points. The closest game was France’s 24-0 victory...

Red Roses rampant in World Cup opener

England showed why they are the favourites to take the Women's World Cup Rugby title with an utterly dominant performance over the USA in the opening match of the tournament on Friday night.

Playing in front of a record 42,000 spectators at Sunderland's Stadium of Light, the hosts blew their opponents away, outscoring them by 11 tries to one and running out 69-7 winners. Three...

Women’s 'Top 50' rugby players list revealed

Portia Woodman-Wickliffe in action (Image: RugbyPass)

With the start of the Women's Rugby World Cup imminent, a global panel of journalists from leading international rugby media business, RugbyPass, have revealed their list of the world's top 50 women rugby players.

Coming in at number one is New Zealand wing, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe. The panel said that she earned her...

Women's Rugby World Cup set to smash attendance records

Attendances at the forthcoming Women's World Cup are set to exceed all expectations, with ticket sales for the whole tournament now standing at two and a half times the total sold at the last Women's World Cup in New Zealand. And with the final now officially a sell-out, the all-time attendance record for a single women's rugby game seems certain to be smashed.

Fans have snapped up...

New report shows that women's rugby is set for explosive growth

Just a few days before the Women's Rugby World Cup kicks off, World Rugby has unveiled the most comprehensive study to date on the rise, relevance, and reach of women’s rugby, offering a strategic roadmap to help the game unlock the full commercial potential of women’s rugby globally.

The report declares that 'The time is now for women’s rugby'. With consultancy firm Deloitte...

2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby fixtures revealed

The Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) season kicks off on 24th October with the first of 16 rounds, two semi-finals and a final to find out who will be crowned champions of England.

Nine clubs will compete for the title, with reigning champions Gloucester Hartpury looking to make it four-in-a-row after defeating Saracens in last season’s final.

The Women’s Premiership was...

England crush France in final Women's Rugby World Cup warm-up

The England Women's Rugby team concluded their warm-up matches before the 2025 Rugby World Cup with a comprehensive 40-6 demolition of France in Paris on Saturday. That represented the biggest winning margin over their cross-Channel rivals in 16 years and strengthens the position of the Red Roses as firm World Cup favourites.

France, ranked fourth in the world, are England's...

Strong Bodies, Strong Minds campaign launched ahead of Women’s Rugby World Cup

Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 has today unveiled Strong Bodies, Strong Minds , a new campaign aimed at empowering women and girls by sparking a conversation around body confidence in sport.

In the UK, young girls are dropping out of sport at alarming rates, with over one million disengaging from sport after primary school, with body confidence cited as a key reason.

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